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JAMES RAYMOND ARTHUR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1945 – January 9, 1967
Service recordJames Raymond Arthur, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 129
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 129
- FENNELL TATEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- NATHAN C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN ABRAMSLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- ROBERT W BARTON JRPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TOM FLANAGANSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 130
- NATHAN EUGENE CHATMONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- CARLYLE LEROY GOULDSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- DAVID B MERRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 1
- BOBBY JOE QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 2
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 3
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 3
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 3
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.